1. The concept of Ice Age was first put forward by

2. Assertion (A) : Aksai Chin is desolate and the driest part of the Ladakh region. Reason (R) : The whole area bears a stamp of excessive Aeolian erosion. Codes

3. Chemical weathering is most prominent in

4. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? 1 Granites – Batholiths
2. Marbles – Hogback ridges
3. Quartzite – Ridge crests
4. Hard rocks – Monadnocks Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Codes

5. The profile of equilibrium refers to the

6. The drainage pattern developed on folded sedimentary rocks is termed as

7. Consider the following statements:
1. Canyon is an extreme type of V-shaped valley with very steep sides and no valley floor.
2. Grand Canyon in associated with the Colorado River. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

8. In which of the following ways can soil erosion will be conserved?
1. Contour plouging
2. Terracing
3. Shifting cultivation
4. Croproation

9. Limestone is metamorphosed to form

10. Consider the following statements:
1. Weathering encompasses a group of processes by which surface and subsurface rocks disintegrate.
2. Extreme dryness reduces most weathering to a minimum.
3. Physical weathering dominates in drier and cooler climates.
4. In equatorial rain-forest climate, most rocks weather slowly. Which of these are correct?

11. Which one of the following is not a soil forming process?

12. The development of synclinal ridges and anticlinal valleys in a folded region is named as

13. Consider the following statements:
1. Contour ploughing promotes soil erosion and the formation of gullies.
2. Gully erosion is the removal of top soil and creation of many steep-sided cutting in a hill side. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

14. Which of the following statements is correct? Plateaus are product of :

15. Assertion (A) : Plutonic rocks are intrusive rocks of deep-seated origin. Reason (R) : Plutonic rocks get cooled slowly at great depth with large crystals. Codes

16. Which of the following factors influence the type and rate of weathering?
1. Glacier 2. Climate
3. Vegetation cover
4. Rock structure
5. Topography Select the correct answer using the codes given below : Codes

17. An area which has not been glaciated may show

18. Assertion (A) : Straight slope is a type recognized by W. Penck. Reason (R) : Straight slope develops due to increasing intensity of erosion. Codes

19. Match List-I (Composition) with List- II (Rock type) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List-I List-II
A. Quartz and feldspar 1.Basalt
B. Quartz, feldspar and mica 2.Tuff
C. Compacted volcanic ash 3.Granite
D. Feldspar, mica, pyroxenes and olivine
4. Sandstone Codes A B C D

20. Cloudy Nights are warner compared to clear cloudless night because clouds

21. Consider the following land form characteristics:
1. Stream divides are sharp and ridge like resulting in a minimum of inter stream uplands.
2. Extensive areas are at of near the base level of erosion.
3. There are a few consequent trunk streams but few large tributaries. Numerous short tributaries and gullies are extending themselves by head ward erosion and developing valley systems. Which one of the following is the orderly sequence of landform characteristics given above in an idealized Fluvial Cycle?

22. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

23. Erosion of soil by a river mainly depends upon

24. Assertion (A) : Fiords are features produced buy glacial erosion. Reason (R) : Glaciers descending from coastal mountains may reach the sea and continue their erosion on the seafloor. Codes

25. Assertion (A) : Pediments are the bed rock portions of piedmont slopes which extend downward to neighbouring basin floors. Reason (R) : It is commonly believed that the dissected pediments are formed by erosion of original flat pediments under the second cycle of erosion. Codes